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Child, 6, dies weeks after arson attack on family home
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- Six-year-old Elliot English died on Friday at Children's Health Ireland hospital in Dublin, weeks after being critically injured in a suspected arson attack on his family home in County Waterford.
- The fire on Birch Avenue on October 13 also claimed the lives of his parents, Kim and Philip English, and two siblings, 12-year-old Callum and nine-year-old Jayden.
- Another child remains critically injured and hospitalized following the attack.
- Gardaí have launched a multiple murder investigation, but those arrested in connection with the fire have been released without charge.
- Hundreds attended a prayer vigil in the days following the tragedy, reflecting community grief and support.
